Club Básquet Coruña, SAD, also known as Leyma Coruña for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in A Coruña, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB, after being promoted in their 2023–24 LEB Oro season. Their home arena is the Coliseum da Coruña.
Leyma Coruña | |||
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League | Liga ACB | ||
Founded | June 1996 | ||
Arena | Coliseum da Coruña | ||
Capacity | 9,300[1] | ||
Location | A Coruña, Spain | ||
Team colors | Orange and blue | ||
President | Roberto Cibeira | ||
Head coach | Diego Epifanio | ||
Championships | 1 LEB Oro 1 Copa Galicia | ||
Website | basquetcoruna.com | ||
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History
editCB Coruña was founded in 1996 as a merger of clubs CB Ventorrillo and CB Arteixo. This club would substitute former Baloncesto Coruña CAB, that played its last season in Liga EBA before being dissolved.
After playing some seasons at Liga EBA, the club joined LEB league, where it remained four years, known as Sondeos del Norte due to sponsorship reasons. In 2002, CB Coruña sold its LEB spot to a new club Basket Zaragoza. After that, the club could continue playing in Liga EBA, thanks to the promotion of its reserve team.
In 2004, Básquet Coruña did not participate in any competition due to financial reasons, but the club comes back in 2005 to Liga EBA. In 2007, the club was invited to the newly created fourth tier LEB Bronce as one of the participants of the Final Stage of the 2006–07 Liga EBA. In their debut season, the club clinched the promotion to LEB Plata where it finished in the relegation positions in their first season. However, the club was repechaged due to the existence of vacant berths.
Básquet Coruña consolidated in LEB Plata until 2012, when it achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro, coming back to the Spanish second division ten years later.
Coruña won the LEB Oro championship in the 2023–24 season, being promoted to the Liga ACB for the first time in club history. They defeated Melilla on the final game day to earn direct promotion.[2]
Players
editCurrent roster
editNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: August 22, 2024 |
Depth chart
editPos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Augusto Lima † | Goran Huskić | Atoumane Diagne † |
PF | Trey Thompkins * | Beka Burjanadze † | |
SF | L. J. Figueroa | Yunio Barrueta | |
SG | Philip Scrubb | Olle Lundqvist | Aleix Font † |
PG | Brandon Taylor * | Ingus Jakovičs | Álex Hernández † |
Season by season
editSeason | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Cup competitions | ||||
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1996–97 | 3 | Liga EBA | 1st | Copa EBA | RU | ||||
1997–98 | 3 | Liga EBA | 1st[d] | 23–3 | Copa EBA | SF | |||
1998–99 | 2 | LEB | 13th | 10–20 | |||||
1999–00 | 2 | LEB | 13th | 12–18 | |||||
2000–01 | 2 | LEB | 14th | 13–20 | |||||
2001–02 | 2 | LEB | 14th[e] | 12–22 | |||||
2002–03 | 4 | Liga EBA | 4th | 22–8 | |||||
2003–04 | 4 | Liga EBA | 3rd | 27–8 | |||||
2004–05 | Did not enter any competition | ||||||||
2005–06 | 4 | Liga EBA | 8th | 15–15 | |||||
2006–07 | 4 | Liga EBA | 2nd | 21–9 | |||||
2007–08 | 4 | LEB Bronce | 3rd | 21–15 | |||||
2008–09 | 3 | LEB Plata | 15th[f] | 9–21 | |||||
2009–10 | 3 | LEB Plata | 10th | 17–15 | |||||
2010–11 | 3 | LEB Plata | 11th | 9–19 | |||||
2011–12 | 3 | LEB Plata | 7th[g] | 13–13 | |||||
2012–13 | 2 | LEB Oro | 9th | 13–18 | |||||
2013–14 | 2 | LEB Oro | 6th | 14–14 | |||||
2014–15 | 2 | LEB Oro | 10th | 12–16 | |||||
2015–16 | 2 | LEB Oro | 5th | 22–18 | |||||
2016–17 | 2 | LEB Oro | 6th | 22–17 | |||||
2017–18 | 2 | LEB Oro | 8th | 18–21 | |||||
2018–19 | 2 | LEB Oro | 12th | 14–20 | |||||
2019–20 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd[h] | 16–8 | |||||
2020–21 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 21–10 | |||||
2021–22 | 2 | LEB Oro | 7th | 19–18 | |||||
2022–23 | 2 | LEB Oro | 6th | 24–12 | |||||
2023–24 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 27–7 | Copa Princesa | RU |
Trophies and awards
editTrophies
edit- LEB Oro: (1)
- Copa Galicia: (1)
- 1996
Individual awards
edit- Robert Joseph – 2009
Notes
edit- ^ A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players.
- ^ A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players.
- ^ In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.
- ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB.
- ^ Sold the berth in LEB to CAI Zaragoza.
- ^ Remained in the league by achieving a vacant berth after the dissolution of the LEB Bronce league.
- ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro.
- ^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
edit- ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2024.
AFORO: 9.300 espectadores
- ^ "El Leyma Coruña asciende a la ACB por primera vez en su historia". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
External links
edit- Official website
- Leyma Coruña at ACB.COM (in Spanish)